No. 14,684 in Russian
перестает
"Stops" or "ceases."
In a sentence
Он перестает работать после восьми часов вечер.
He stops working after eight o'clock in the evening.
In this sentence, “перестает” is used to indicate that the action of working stops happening after a specific time.
Если дождь не перестает, мы останемся дома.
If the rain doesn't stop, we will stay home.
Here, “перестает” refers to the cessation of an ongoing event, namely the rain.
На этой станции перестают ходить поезда после полуночи.
Trains stop running at this station after midnight.
In this example, “перестают” describes the halting of trains occurring as a scheduled event.
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